How many more stories like this do we have to read before schools and policy makers make a definitive commitment to address this problem?
Teen Who Killed Himself Inside Acton High School was Bullied, Students Say
Tall, awkward and dealing with a learning disability, 14-year-old Jeremiah Lasater was a target of frequent taunts by schoolyard bullies at Vasquez High School in Acton, students said Tuesday.
Even the classroom wasn't always safe for the 6-foot-5 teen, who in middle school was poked and teased by some of his fellow special needs students, according to a former teacher.
Monday was no different. At least two boys threw food at Lasater during lunch, two students said.
Then, as lunch was ending and other students scurried to fifth-period classes, Lasater headed to a boy's bathroom and locked himself inside a stall. He pulled out a weapon and shot himself in the head.
2 comments:
This is such a shame. I can't believe that school officials and fellow students let it get to this point
This jeering and making fun of has to stop.
Why are kids my age so ignorant
as to the fact that others have
feelings? Families?
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